Parking Management

Competition for curbside space continues to increase and change with the evolution of competing modes of transportation and new technologies. The Curb Management Regional Planning Guide was developed to provide cities with the knowledge and tools to plan for and attain enhanced curbside management that most effectively balances the curb’s many potential uses.
Curb Management Regional Planning Guide

The NCTCOG Parking Management Toolbox can help North Texas achieve a more efficient transportation system and a more sustainable region.  The toolbox was created as part of a TOD Parking Study for the DART Red and Blue Lines.

NCTCOG's Summary of North Texas Local Parking Studies provides an understanding of shared parking issues and insights from walkable places in the North Texas region. 
 

Study [PDF]	City	Context	Topics
Dallas Midtown Autonomous Transportation System and Shared Parking Feasibility Study - Section 2  (2019)	Dallas	Plan recommending district wide mobility solutions including shared parking for new dense walkable development	Shared parking, demand analysis and forecast
Mansfield Downtown Development Strategies (2020) - Parking Content Excerpted	Mansfield	Historic downtown, 1,140 spaces, on-street, off-street lots	Supply and demand study, management strategies supporting walkable downtown development
Dallas Road Transit District Parking Study (2019)	Grapevine	Main Street and Dallas Road Transit District.  279 on-street spaces and 2,240 off-street spaces	On-street/off-street utilization, transit coordination, wayfinding, and phased implementation of multiple parking strategies
Downtown Decatur Parking Inventory and Analysis (2019)	Decatur	12 blocks of town square area. 674 on- and off-street spaces	On-street/off-street utilization, time limits, way-finding, shared parking opportunities
Arlington Parking Needs Analysis Technical Memorandum (2019)	Arlington	one-half square mile historic downtown	High-level needs assessment, shared parking model, conceptual cost of parking facilities, automated vehicles impact
TOD Parking Study (2019)	Dallas, Plano, Richardson, Garland	16 transit-oriented developments, 15, 201 off-street spaces	TOD Parking Study (2019)
Historic Town Center Parking Study Update (2019)	McKinney	50+ block of historic town center.  2,989 spaces off and on-street	On-Street/off-street utilization, Valet parking pilot, wayfinding recommendations
Granite Properties - Office Parking (2019)	Dallas, Plano, Addison	10 office properties 8,515 off-street spaces Suburban and urban locations	Class A office parking utilization, recommended ratio 2.05 spaces per 1,000 square feet in DFW
Magnolia Village Parking Circulation Study (2019)	Fort Worth	Corridor (27 blocks) 999 on-street spaces Historic urban mixed use	On-street utilization, assessment of paid parking implementation, residential permit program
Preston Center Parking Study Memo (2016)	Dallas	District (10 blocks) 1440 garage spaces 76 surface lot spaces 406 on-street spaces Urban mixed use office/retail	Utilization by facility, duration/turnover for street parking, district wide parking needs and strategies
Downtown Parking Study (2016)	Plano	District (18 blocks) 388 on-street spaces 3,571 off-street spaces Historic suburban downtown, mixed use retail and residential	Utilization for all downtown parking, future parking supply, comprehensive parking strategy recommendations

Please contact NCTCOG staff listed at the bottom of this web page to add a local study to this table.

 

• Reduce your demand for parking through the NCTCOG Travel Demand Management (TDM) program.
• The Victoria Transport Policy Institute contains a good source of compiled lists of data and studies relating to Parking topics.  
• The Metropolitan Transportation Commission in California has a parking policy to support smart growth and developed a parking model.